Oil-stove-wick protector.



C. L. WAGANDT. OlL STOVE WICK PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4,191L

1,128,263. Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

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unirsi) srarns rafrnsr eration CHARLES L. WAGrANDT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIG-NOR TO NATIONAL ENAM- ELING AND STAMPING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N.Y., A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

OIL-STOVE-WICK PROTECTOR.

specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed .T une 4, 1914. Serial No. 842,832.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. WAGANDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil- Stove-l/Vick Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a protector for tubular woven wicks for oil stoves.

rlhe portable oil stoves in which tubularwoven wicks are used, have two sheet-metal upright cylinders, one smaller than the other, and the ,smaller one positioned concentrically within the larger one, which arrangement forms between the two cylinders an annular space for receiving a tubular woven cotton wick. These oil-stove wicks used for heating purposes are much larger than lamp wicks being approximately nine inches in circumference and seven inches in length.

l/Vhen a large, tubular woven wick is new, and has its normal shape, any careful person can insert it into its proper position in an oil-stove. But when a wick although new, has been roughly handled by the store-keeper and perhaps has become crumpled, stretched or otherwise distorted out of its original shape, then it is not as readily inserted into the wick-space of an oil-stove.

The object of the present invention therefore is to provide a wick with improved means attached to it, and to accompany the wick while it is carried in stock by the dealer, that will serve to keep the wick in good condition while on sale, and which said means will also serve the useful purpose of a guide to direct the insertion of such tubular wick into the wick-space of an oil-stove.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanyng drawing in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tubular woven wick and the accompanying attached parts that constitute the present invention, and also shows the same in a carton ready for sale,-the carton being in section. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross-section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, with the exception of the outside carton. lower end of the improved wick-holder shown in Fig. l. Fig. et shows a broken fragment, partly in section, and on a scalev three times as large as that seen in'Fig. l, of part of the lower end of the wick, and

Fig. 3 is a View of the the narrow outside band with the upwardprojecting lingers on the inner side of the wick. Fig. 5 shows a vertical section of the wick, the outer band or sleeve, and the inner paper tube on the line 5 of Fig. l.

The numeral 6 designates a tubular woven It will be ynoticed the 'inwardly-'curved' part 8, forms an annular concaved groove into which the bottom edge of the wick fits down; and that said groove is provided at intervals with holes l0, which allow oil to pass upward into said groove and saturate the bottom edge of the wick.

A cylindric sheet-metal sleeve 11, is seamless, having been made by the drawing process in dies; this sleeve closely surrounds the tubular wick but its height on the wick may be varied or adjusted; said sleeve is provided with numerous perforations or slits which afford access for oil from the outer side to reach the wick and saturate it, and these open slits also serve for engagement by the prong-points of the rotary wickraiser used on oil stoves. The top edge of said sleeve is provided with inwardly-turned or laterally-pointed teeth l2, see Fig. 2, whose points penetrate into the woven fabric of the wick 6, and thereby prevent said metal sleeve from accidentally slipping loosely upward on the wick when the wick-raiser is being turned and acts on the sleeve to raise the wick.

The narrow band 7, and thesleeve ll, are no part of the present invention.

The troubles hereinbefore referred -to about the ends of the ordinary tubular woven wick becoming frayed or unraveled and the wick stretched does not occur when the kwicks are in actual use in the stoves, but

the wicks become loosened and sometimes entirely separated from the sleeve and the wick-ends unravel and become frayed; this bad condition gives the consumer of the wick much trouble.

I provide a stiff tube 13, cylindric in shape and just large enough in diameter to snugly fit within and fill or distend the tubular wick 6, while the said sheet-metal sleeve 11, is around the wick. This temporary distender may be made of any suitable cheap material such as paper board, and is longer than the wick so that when said distender tube has been inserted into the tubular wick, and the lower ends of both are even the upper end 14, of the distender tube will project a quarter of an inch, more or less, above the wick, and serve to protect the raw edge of the latter. The distender tube may project at both ends of the wick if preferred. This projecting end lil, serves to protect the wick from fraying and also serves as a convenient part to grasp by the hand if Withdrawal of the tube 13, from the wick becomes desirable. Thus the new article of manufacture that T have provided consists of a tubular woven wick having a stiff distender tube filling said tubular Woven wick and one or both ends of the distender tube projecting out beyond the wick ends. This temporary distender tube may be used with the woven wick either with or Without the narrow band 7, at the lower end of the wick.

A tubular oil-stove wick, when provided with the distender tube here described, may be easily inserted into the wick-receptacle of the oil-stove by grasping the sheet-metal sleeve 11, that is around the wick and placing the bottom end of the wick and the distender tube in accurate position on top of the smaller cylinder of the wick-receptacle in the oil-stove-the distender' tube 13, at such time resting on the top-end of the said smaller cylinder that partly forms said annular wick-space, the bottom end of the wick being over the space; then by pressing with the hand, move the sleeve 11, and wick G, downward, the distender tube 13, will remain stationary and the lower end .of the wick will begin to slide o' the lower end of the distender 13, and the wick will at once take its proper position in the oil-stove. `When the wick has been moved down on the smaller cylinder of the oil-stove far enough for the open slits in the sleeve 1l, to be engaged by the prong-points of the rotary wick-adjuster used on such stoves, the downpressure by the hand may cease, and the said prong-point may then be utilized to further move the wick into the space. The temporary distender tube will then be gradually stripped, and when finally removed its usefulness in this connection is at an end.

In practice the wick having the sleeve 11, metal band 7, and distender tube 13, in position, is placed in a cylindrical carton 15, fitting snugly therein, so that an outside protection is provided for the wick in addition to the inside protection which the distender tube 13, affords. A suitable cap 16, is provided for the upper end of the carton.

lt is to be understood that while I prefer and have shown and described the distender 13, as of a tubular form, it is not essential that a tubular distender be employed. Obviously a solid cylindric distender would serve the same purpose.

Tt will be seen the temporary and removable distender tube 13, holds its position within the new woven wick merely by friction, before the wick is placed in an oilstove. This distender tube is not to be confused with tlie wick-tubes of lamps or oil stoves, whose functions are entirely different. p

Having described my invention what T claim is l 1. The combination of a tubular wick, a sleeve around the exterior of the tubular wick, and a cylindric distender on the interior of the wick said di stender being longitudinally removable through the lighting end of the wick without. disturbing the sleeve.

2. The combination of a tubular wick having at one end a protecting band and at the other end a raw edge, and a paperboard tube on the interior of said tubular wick and contacting with the said raw edge and retaining its place by friction.

3. A device to protect a tubular wick while the latter is detached from a burner, comprising the combination with a tubular wick of a sheet-metal sleeve eXteriorly surrounding the wick said sleeve having means to engage the wick, and a cylindric distender extending longitudinally through the enti length of the wick and pressing the latter out against said sleeve.

4. A tubular woven wick for oil-stoves having at its end a raw edge, and a device to keep the wick in normal shape until it is to be used in the oil-stove-said device censisting of a cylindric distender extending internally through the entire length of said tubular woven wick and projecting out therefrom at the end beyond said raw edge.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. WAGANDT. `Witnessesz Louis PETHov STRATEN, HARRY F. CRAIG.

Copies o. this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

